The journal of Major George Washington; an account of his first official mission, made as emissary from the Governor of Virginia to the commandant of the French forces on the Ohio, October 1753-January 1754
Colonial Williamsburg; distributed by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York
Date of Publication
[1959]
Physical Description
xi p., facsim: (28 p.),[31]-41 p. maps. 20 cm.
Notes
"Introduction and notes are by James R. Short and Thaddeus W. Tate, Jr."
"This facsimile...has been printed from the copy owned by Colonial Williamsburg."
Summary
In the early winter of 1752, George Washington marched into the Ohio River Valley to deliver a message to the French who had begun to build forts down the valley in direct violation of the peace between France and England. On this journey, Washington met a cadre of interesting characters including the Half-King and Christopher Gist. What happened was a tale of survival and hardship that served as the first early steps towards war that would erupt in 1754.
The first edition of "La graunde abridgement"--English Short Title Catalogue.
The title "La graunde abridgement" taken from the English Short Title Catalogue.
Probably printed by John Rastell (v. 1) and Wynken De Worde (v. 2-3), beginning about 1514. Cf. Law library journal, v. 51, 1958, p. [100]-116 and ESTC. The colophon of v. 3 is dated 1516.
"Finis tocius istius op[er]is finit[us] xxi die Dicembr[is] A[nn]o d[omi]ni Millecimo qui[n]ge[n]tesimo sextodecimo"--Colophon.
Title page of vol. 1 delineates a king upon the throne with "Prima pars huius libri" printed above; vol. 2 has title page with the royal coat of arms and "Sequitur secunda pars" printed above; vol. 3 has title page with the royal coat of arms and "Ultima pars huius libri" printed above.
LC copy vol. 3 t.p. has "The price of the whole boke (.xl. s.) Whych boke conteynyth iii grete volumes," is printed below "Ultima pars huius libri."
LCHS copy lacking title page of volume 2.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title pagebelow another signature.
Book number 792 as assigned by Yeates.
"Contains a digest of all the cases in the Year-books, down to the 21 Hen. VII ... as well as cases from the reigns of Rich. II, Edw. I and II, Hen. III, and a number of readings and original authorities no where else to be found"-J.G. Marvin. Legal bibliography, 1847.
Pennsylvania furniture : including important works by Philadelphia cabinetmakers : American portraits, still-lifes and landscape paintings : Philadelphia & other American silver : Pennsylvania Dutch fraktur work : sgraffito and slipware ... part one, from the estate of the late Arthur J. Sussel : public auction sale, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, October 23, 24 and 25 ... [at] Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York